Adirondack Hamlets

HAMLETS 3 PHASE 2:
Training and Implementation Workshops

Planning for Smart Growth and Expansion of Hamlets in the Adirondack Park

Roger Trancik, FASLA
Urban Design Consultants
Ithaca, New York

In the second phase of Hamlets 3, the smart growth planning model and design principles develop in the phase one guidebook were applied in five Adirondack communities through a series of local training and implementation workshops.

The PDF document below summarizes the process, projects and outcomes. Conceptual design plans prepared for these workshops included the following:

Caroga Lake New Town Center

Indian Lake Core Improvements

Blue Mountain Lake Hotel

Jennings Pond Park, Long Lake

Flood Re-housing, Au Sable Forks

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HAMLETS 3:
Planning for Smart Growth and Expansion of Hamlets in the
Adirondack Park - An Illustrated Guide

Roger Trancik, FASLA
Urban Design Consultants
Ithaca, New York

Hamlets 3, a guidebook developed through a project sponsored by the Adirondack Community Housing Trust and Essex County, presents a planning and design model for smart growth of hamlets in the Adirondack Park. The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s Adirondack Park Community Smart Growth Grant Program provided the funding for Hamlets 3.

The book identifies principles, problems and opportunities for hamlet expansion illustrated with maps, photographs, design analysis diagrams and a step-by-step community planning process. The Hamlets 3 model features Smart Growth Rings that overlay current Adirondack Park Agency land use classes to create 15 unique expansion zones each with its own set of guidelines. The model applies to the 130 settlements throughout the park and can be used by local citizens to successfully plan for and implement future hamlet growth.

Click below to view or download sections of the Hamlets 3 guidebook. Copyright restrictions, described in Section 1.0, apply to reproduction and distribution.

Hamlets of the Adirondacks 1, published in 1983, educated persons and agencies (especially those outside of the Park) about the existence of the hamlets, addressing any perception that the Adirondacks is entirely a wilderness, without any communities or resident population. It made the case that the hamlets had pressing needs for new investment and revitalization, and that appropriate policies and programs were required to meet the needs of hamlets.

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Hamlets of the Adirondacks 2, published two years later in 1985, provided local governments, community organizations and concerned individuals with ideas and strategies on hamlet revitalization, but not hamlet expansion, the goal of Hamlets 3.

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